Distinguished from Diabolical Counterfeits and Human Analogies — one of the most thorough systematic treatments of Catholic mystical theology ever written, in four volumes.
Translated from the French · Paris · Librairie Ch. Poussielgue, 1895. English rendering 2026 · the original is in the public domain.
The nature, degrees, causes, and effects of mystical prayer — the soul’s ascent toward union with God.
Volume II The Mystical PhenomenaVisions, locutions, revelations, and the extraordinary graces that accompany the mystical life.
Volume III The Diabolical CounterfeitsDiscernment of spirits — the marks by which divine mysticism is distinguished from its counterfeits.
Volume IV The Human AnalogiesThe natural counterparts of mystical experience — the phenomena of body and soul that resemble, without attaining, the divine.